The lingering crisis over the appointment of Bishop Peter Okpalaeke, as the new Catholic Bishop of Ahiara, Mbaise Diocese, deepened yesterday, as some priests and laity refused to obey the Papacy.

Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, (LNG) Limited has highlighted accessibility, affordability and acceptability as the major barriers to the development of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) market in Nigeria.

On the top 10 performing stocks last week were shares of etransact International Plc, Omoluabi savings and Loans Plc, Wapic Insurance Plc, Beta Glass Plc Honeywell Flourmills Plc and Mansard Insurance Plc.

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Access Bank Plc, has embarked on programmes aimed at empowering wives of Police Officers who died in active service to the bank.

THE birth of a set of quadruplets was a befitting anniversary gift for the Nordica Fertility Centre, Asaba, in Delta state, as it clocked five on November 3, 2014 as a frontline fertility treatment centre in Nigeria.

ONE of the most salient things to notice in most streets in Lagos is the banner advertising the street carnivals coming up during this Yuletide season. Most of the carnival are held between the last week of December and first week of January.

It promises to be a weekend of fun for lovers of Rugby, as the second edition of Sandie Beach Rugby Season 2 comes up, December 27th, 2014, at the Vertigo Lounge, Elegushi Beach, Lagos.

Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company, SNEPco, has donated two school buses and renovated a clinic at the Save our Soul (SOS) Children’s Village in Isolo, Lagos.

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, has won for the first time the International Business Initiative Directions, BID, Quality Crown Award for its outstanding healthcare services and clean environment.

No fewer than 100 hypertensive patients have received free diagnosis and hypertension treatment under the Neimeth International Pharmaceutical “Fight the Good Fight Against Hypertension, FITGAH, national initiative.

The Matasaan Arewa Empowerment Right Advancement Association has hailed the major opposition party in the coutry, the All Progressives Congress, APC, for successfully conducting what it callded a free, fair, transparent and credible presidential primaries.

Goalkeeper Austin Ejide, 30, is the highest paid footballer at Israeli vice – champions Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

Authoritative football website Sports Walla has reported that the gloveman , who is expected to put pen to paper on a new deal in January, pockets 25,000 euros every month excluding performance related incentives.

A Federal High Court sitting in Dutse has stopped the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from arresting the former state governor, Senator Saminu Turaki over alleged money laundering during his eight years administration in the state.

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano of Anambra State will, Thursday, commission developmental projects executed by Sir Engr. Emeka Okwuosa Foundation at Irefi Oraifite in Anambra State.

FOLLOWING the downward slide in the price of crude oil at the international market which has resulted in a drop in the monthly federal allocation, the Chairman of Warri South Local Government Area, Delta State, Mr. Mofe Edema, has called on staff of the council and other stakeholders to brace up for the challenges ahead, stressing that it was time to make sacrifices.